11/7/2021

 

Weekly Update 11/7/2021

TLC hosted a cabaret-like musical concert on Monday evening. A singer and piano player entertained us with songs by Johnny Mercer. It was Skidaway Island, so it took me more than two hours to drive there and back, all for a 45 minute concert that wasn’t very good. I have been “attending” the lectures from TLC online, so I was glad to be able t go to this on in person. I saw friends I haven’t seen for quite a while there, so that was nice.

I am always amazed that the stores go right from selling candy, costumes, and dog get ups for Halloween to trees, presents and cards (I’m not doing that this year – the Post Office isn’t getting one dime more from me!) for Christmas without a thought to the holiday in between. You know the one – the one where we’re supposed to thankful. All the stores I went to are full of all things Christmas, and I had trouble finding a Thanksgiving door mat for my front door, and other things to decorate my apartment. I finally found a mat, and I made a pillow for my porch as well as a couple of turkeys to pin to the pillows on my bed. I guess this is as festive as I’m going to be able to get.

Thursday was a hurry-up-and-wait day, because none of the things I needed to do were close to Pooler. I met Jane and Helen in Green Square at 10 for the usual visit. Then I went to Daffin Park, and I walked one time around the park. I dragged my folding chair out of the trunk of my car again and sat to read my book and eat the PB&J sandwich I had made in the park. I had an eye doctor appointment at 2. Last year when I had my check up, I sat in the reception area for over 3 hours before I was even called into the exam room. This year, I was all finished in less than an hour. My eyes have become a bit worse with the distance vision, but the macular degeneration and cataracts are holding steady. I still had lot of time before I needed to attend the BHS annual meeting / dinner, which was not far from the Georgia Eye Institute. So I went to the mall. Man, I hate doing that, but I walked around, looked at toys and clothes that I fantasized for Adrian, got something to drink while I read more at the food court, and just wasted time. Finally, it was time to leave there and go to the meeting. I saw more people that I haven’t had a chance to talk with in a long time. I was very conscious of not having even one beer or glass of wine because my eyes were still dilated, and I was anxious about driving all the way home again with headlights coming at me. I got back home safely after being away for almost 12 hours. It rarely happens that I’m out for that length of time, but I had much to do, far from home all day. I was exhausted.

Friday I met friends at The Flying Fish restaurant to celebrate some birthdays with the Wednesday Happy Hour group. And on Saturday, I met Denise for breakfast. Denise gets her hair cut in Pooler, and she will often ask if we can get together when she’s out this way. Neither of those things took me all day to accomplish.

The Rock and Roll marathon in Savannah was scheduled for Saturday. But It was canceled because of bad weather. It was raining, and the wind was blowing, and it was only in the 40s, which is cold for Savannah. Only the full marathon was canceled, and the half went on as scheduled. It is did not affect me at all, as the only difference this event makes to me to be sure that I don’t go downtown that day. As I was driving through the city on Friday, I noticed all the port-a-potties set up in Emmett Park, in preparation for the run.  

When I got up Sunday, the first thing I had to do was set the clocks. It’s going to take a few days before I can figure out what time it is. But, I’ll get it eventually. The Bills? I dunno. They seemed to be in a fog for today’s game. The penalties – 12, and most of those were just stupid. Three turnovers. And no TDs. Field goals do not win games, touchdowns do. The Offense and the Defense sucked. New England - the hated NEW ENGLAND – is ready to take the lead in the AFC East. Please don’t let that happen.